Typographical machine.



A. W. P. GUEST.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.11, 1913.

Patented Mar.3,1914.

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A. W. P. GUEST. TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.11, 1913.

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'A. W. F. GUEST.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR 11, 1913.

Patented Ma113, 1914.

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ALFRED W. F. GUEST, OF BROOKLYN, NEW

YORK, ASSIGN OR TO MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED IV. F. a citizen of the United States, residing at. Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Typographical Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to typographical machines, such as linotype machines of the general organization represented in Letters Patent of the United States, No. 436,532, to O. Mergenthaler, wherein circulating matrices are released from a magazine or magazines in the order in which their characters are to appear in print and then assembled in line, the composed line transferred to the face of a mold, the mold-filled with molten metal to form a slu or linotype against the matrices which produce the type characters thereon, and the matrices thereaftter returned through a distributing machanism to the magazine from which they started.

More particularly, the invention relates to the distributing mechanism, and is shown by way of example and in preferred form in connection with a special kind of machine, wherein a plurality ofdistributers are arranged in associated relation to each other. However, it will be apparent that my improvements maybe similarly employed in connection with a single distributer, and that no limitation is imposed by their present mode of illustration. In the Mei-genthaler patent. above mentioned, thedistributing devices comprise rotating screws which convey the matrices along a grooved rail or bar, from which they are released at the proper points toreturn them to the ap propriate channels in the magazine, and my invention is herein set forth in connection with that specific mechanism. Obviously, l'ioweveizthe principles thereof are capable of far broader application, and may be adapted to distinctly different styles of distributors, as well as to other forms of typographical machines, as for instance those which handle type or dies instead of matrices.

Generally speaking, I desire it to be understood that I do not limit myself to any specific form or embodiment, except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 11, 1913.

- ing devices thus to reduce the objectionab Serial No. 760,375.

The application for Letters Patent of J. ogers, Serial No. 687,691, filed A ril 1, 1912, discloses means to arrest positive y the rotating distributer screws, in the event that a type or matrix while in relation thereto 18 improperly retarded, as for instance, if it becomes lodged in the entrance to a magazine and there resists the operation of the screw. The screws are ordinarily synchronously ro tasted or operated, and in the said applies,

tion the parts are so arranged that in the event of undue resistance or other similar derangement, this synchronism will be interrupted, thereby calling into action certain connected devices, which ordinarily run freely, but in such circumstances are thrown out of their normal relations, and as a result thereof interfere and contact with each other so as positively to arrest the further operation of the screws. In connect-ion with these devices, I propose to employ special means for disengaging the driving mechanism in the event that the operation of the distributis retarded, whether this happens because of the action of the parts already described or in some totally difien ent manner. In other words, although this feature may be employed advantageously with the described means for positively arresting the screws. it is similarly applicable to any form of distributor or other mechanism, wherein it may be desired to unclutch or otherwise disengage the driving means in the event of the arrest or retardation of the driven parts. it

In the employment of the specific mechanism above referred to, it sometimes liappens, after the screws are arrested, that an appreciable period of time elapses before the actual disengagement of the driving means, thus submitting the parts to undue strain and possibly to bending or breakage.

It is the principal object of my invention to effect the disengagement of the driving means, or in the form shown, the breaking of the clutch, instantaneously, so as to make the stop mechanism more resonsive and e strain on the parts already mentioned.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a side view, partly in sectlon, and broken away, of the distributing mechanism and its driving means, with my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a sectional view, taken subsantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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8 is a detail of the tripping devices, etc.; Fig. 4 is a plan view, partly in section; and Fig. 5 is a similar view, showing the parts in di'lierent posit-ion.

The matrices X are, as usual, conveyed along the distributer rail Y by the rotating screws D, and drop therefrom into their appropriate magazine channels. The screws D are rotated from the driving wheel A through the clutch member B, which rotates the sprocket wheel C in the manner subsequently to be described, and thence through the sprocket chain C sprocket wheel C and gearing G cept for the difierences subsequently to be described, these parts and their mode of operation are or may be substantially the same as those disclosed in the said Rogers application.

Certain of the screws 1) are provided with the disks D substantially similar to those disclosed in the application for Letters Patent of A. P. Paine, Serial No. 704,958, filed June 21, 1912, constituting supplemental means for retarding or arresting the dis tributing mechanism. These disks are preferably formed with inclined or spiral flanges, and are so arranged that in ordinar operation they run freely in relation 'to eac other, but with their respective flanges or threads always 1n lateral proximity. It

for any reason, (such as undue resistance or the like, as for instance when the matrices X become jammed, as indicated in Fig. 2) the synchronism of the screws be interrupted, the disks will be shifted in angularvv relation to each other, resulting in the lateral contact of their respective flanges and consequently the immediate and positive arrest of the screws. The stoppage of the screws reacts through the sprocket chain C and arrests the sprocket wheel C and thus resists the drivin means, which action and resistance are uti ized to efi'ect the instantaneous .disconnection of the clutch member B in the man ner subsequently to be described. I

The clutch member B is mounted upon the sleeve E, which sleeve is normally pressed into operative position by the spring B in such manner as to engage the clutch member with the wheel A. The sprocket wheel C is attached to the nut S, also mounted upon the sleeve E and engaging therewith by the screw-threaded connection T, in such manner that when the nut is rotated on the sleeve, it is also given a slight lateral move- Rotary motion is imparted to the sprocket wheel C by the spring F, connected thereto and to the clutch member B, the spring having sufficignt strength to cause the parts normally to r0- tate in unison, but adapted to permit a relative movement between them when the sprocket wheel C is retarded previously mentioned.

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" chain C in the manner noeams In normal operation, the strength of the spring B is adequate to cause a driving con,- nection between the clutch member B and wheel A. This action is, however, controlled and overcome, when the distributing devices are arrested'or retarded, by the toggle joint JK and the more powerful spring G, whereby theimmediate breakage of the clutch is efiected. The toggle member J is pivoted at one end to the frame portion M, and at its other end to thetoggle member K,

which is centrally pivoted on-the frame portion N. T he'slide H is connected at one end to the toggle members J and K at their point and at its other end to the spring G, the parts being so arranged as normally to straighten the toggle joint JK, and bring the end K of the member K into contact with the flange L mounted upon the sleeve E, thereby overcoming the force of thespring B and breaking the clutch connection, as indicated in Fig. 5.

The actuating devices are provided with the pivotally (mounted settin handle 0, formed at its upper end with tie projecting portion 0 adapted to engage in such manner that when the handle is moved to the full line position of Fig. 1, the toggle joint J K is broken and the spring G placed under tension, as indicated also in Figs. 2 and 4. In this condition of the parts the clutch member B is held in operative relation to the driving wheel A'by the spring B and in order to permit the continued actuation of the distributing mechanism, the

the slide H,

handle 0 is provided with the detent P, pivotally connected thereto and actuated by the spring P to hold it normally in engaging relation to the fixed stop R.- dle O is moved to operative position in the manner described, the projecting head P of the detent. P is sin'uiltaneously brought into engagement with the circumferential groove S of the nut S, (see Figs. 1 and 2).

The parts continue to operate until the "When the handistributing mechanism is retarded in the manner previously described, the result of which retardation is the arrest of the sprocket wheel C, and connected nut S, when the elongation of the spring F permits the rotary movement of the erence to the moving sleeve E. the screw-thread connection T, its lateral relative movement on the sleeve. The lateral shifting of the nut on the-sleeve, due to'the engagement of the groove S with the head P on the detent P, shifts the latter about its pivot and trees it from the stop R, (see Fig. 3), whereupon the handle 0 drops to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 1, the spring G is permitted to act, the toggle J K is straightened thereby, and through the'engagement of the toggle head K with the flange L, the sleeve E is shifted rearwardly against the force of the spring 13,

and due to nut S with refsufficient strength to thereby breakin" the-connection between the clutch member and the driving wheel A, as indicated in Fig. 5. It will be seen that due to this construction and mode of operation, the powerful spring G is permitted to act practically instantaneously to brealr the drivin connection, and thus to minimlze the liability to strain or breakage or bend- 111 is previously pointed out, I have shown my invention only in preferred form and by way of example, but obviously many var ations and modifications therein, and in its mode of ap lication, will suggest themselves to those ski led in th art without departure from its scope.

Having thus described my invention, lts construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat-- ent of the United States is, as follows:

1. In a typographical machine, the combination of distributing mechanism, actuating devices therefor, supplemental means connected to the distributing mechanism for retarding or arresting the same, and connections whereby the retardation of the distributing mechanism will instantly effect the arrest of the actuating devices.

2. In a typographical machine, the combination of distributing mechanism, actuating devices connected thereto, supplemental means connected to the distributing mechanism for retarding or arresting the same, and means tending constantly to disconnect the actuating devices from the distributin mechanism and adapted to be rendered ef fective upon the retardation thereof.

3. In a typographical machine, the combination of distributing mechanism adapted to be retarded by misplaced type or matrices, and actuating devices therefor, the said. actuating devices comprising a clutch and a spring for openingthe clutch directly when the distributing mechanism is retarded.

4. In a typographical machine, the combination of distributing mechanism and actuating means therefor, means comprising a clutch, a spring to close the clutch, and a second spring of sufficient strength to overcome the other and open the clutch, the second spring adapted to be thrown into action upon the abnormal operation of the distributing mechanism.

5. In a typographical machine, the combination of distributing mechanism and actuating means therefor, the said actuating means comprising a clutch, a spring to close the clutc a second spring of overcome the other and open the clutch, and devices for holding the second spring against action to permit the other spring to close the clutch, the said device adapted to be tripped upon the abnormal operation of the distributing mechanism.

the said actuating l 6 In a typographical machine, the combination of distributing mechanism and actuating means therefor, the said actuating means comprising a driving part and a driven art, the latter being formed with a relative y movable section connected to the distributing mechanism and controlled in its relative movement by the abnormal operation thereof, a spring, normally inactive, to disengage the driving and driven parts, and connections whereby the relative movement of said section will render the sprin active.

7. In a typographical machine, t e combination of distributing mechanism and actuating means therefor, the said actuating means comprising a driving part and a driven part, the lattcrbeingformed witharelatively movable section connected to the distributing mechanism and controlled in its relative movement by the abnormal operation thereof, a spring, normally inactive, to disengage the driving and driven parts, and devices, adapted to be tripped by the relative movement of thesaid section, for holding the spring against action.

In a typographical machine, the combination of distributing mechanism and actuating means therefor, the said actuating means comprising a driving part and a driven part, the latter having a driving gear mounted to move relatively thereto when retarded by the distributin mechanism, and a spring rendered active by the relative movement of the said gear to disengage the driving and driven arts.

9. In a typographical machine, the combination of distributing mechanism and actuating means therefor, the said actuating means comprising a clutch, a spring to close the clutch, and a second spring of sufficient strength to overcome the other and open the clutch, the second spring being thrown into action upon the abnormal operation of the distributing mechanism, together with means for restoring the parts to their original position.

10. In a typographical machine, the combination of distributing mechanism and actuating means therefor, the said actuating means comprising a driving part and a driven part, the latter being formed with a relatively movable section connected to the distributing mechanism and controlled in its relative movement by the abnormal operation thereof, a spring,

disengage the driving and driven parts, and

normally inactive, to-

connections whereby the relative movement of said section will render the spring active, together with means for resetting the parts in their original position. i

11. In a typographical machine, the combination of distributing mechanism, actuating means therefor, the said actuating means comprising a clutch, a spring to open the clutch directly, and means for holding said meaeee spring out of action to permit the clutch to be closed, the said means adapted to be tripped by the continued operation of the actuating means upon the abnormal operation of the distributing mechanism.

12. In a typographical machine, the coinhination of distributing mechanism and actuating means therefor, the said actuating means comprising a clutch and a spring for opening the clutch directly, the said spring being permitted to act upon the abnormal operation of the distributing mechanism,

and means for resetting the parts in operat-lve relation.

'15 13. In a typographical machine, thecomi bination of distributing mechanism and actuating means therefor, the said actuating means comprising a clutch, a spring to open 

